Posts by Illinois Prairie Community Foundation
Trauma Informed Care in Children Focus of Women’s Spring Forum
BLOOMINGTON, IL – A public forum about trauma and its effect on children will be hosted by the Women to Women Giving Circle from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at the ISU Alumni Center, 1101 N. Main St., Normal. The forum is free and open to the public. Trauma is a deeply distressing…
Read MoreAtlanta Community Comes Together to Create Museum Exhibit
‘Classrooms & Community’ Complements Smithsonian’s ‘Crossroads: Change in Rural America’ Display In a perfect example of how small rural communities can rally around a common goal, the residents of Atlanta and Logan County came together to create a new exhibit for the Atlanta Museum. Called “Classrooms & Community: Changes in Rural America’s Sense of Community,” the…
Read MoreCharities See Challenges, Opportunities In New Tax Laws
Reprinted with permission from WGLT By Eric Stock, WGLT Reporter; Photos by Eric Stock Human service organizations, colleges and universities and other institutions are having to rely more on charitable giving due to uncertain state and federal funding in recent years. That increasingly essential revenue stream has become complicated by new tax rules that remove some…
Read MoreIPCF Offers $140,000 in 2019 Grant Opportunities
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Illinois Prairie Community Foundation will accept applications for grants in three categories from February 1-28, 2019. Interested applicants may find information about the grants on IPCF’s website along with links to the online applications. The Community Foundation expects to grant out more than $140,000 during this grant round. These grants provide support…
Read More13 Local Programs Receive Grants from W2W, YEP
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Thirteen local nonprofit programs have been awarded a total of $48,000 in grants thanks to the Women to Women Giving Circle and Youth Engaged in Philanthropy (YEP) of the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation. The Women to Women Giving Circle seeks to improve the lives of women and children in Central Illinois and…
Read MoreMcLean County Diversity Project Scholar Donates $2,800 to School Libraries
Reprinted with permission by The Pantagraph BLOOMINGTON — A simple yet forceful love of reading pushed a Chiddix Junior High student to raise nearly $3,000 to help fill school libraries in the Twin Cities. For his annual community service project as a McLean County Diversity Project scholar, 13-year-old Revanth Reddy Poondru started Blo-No Books and…
Read MoreFounder: Community Foundation Has So Many Roles, So Many Purposes
On November 15, 2018, Alan Sender and Beth Robb Sender spoke at Illinois Prairie Community Foundation’s annual Celebrating Local Philanthropy luncheon about the origins of IPCF and what philanthropy means to them in honor of IPCF’s 20th anniversary (Nov. 6, 2018). They are shown above with event emcee Bruce Bergethon (right). ALAN SENDER: “It is…
Read MoreGreen Top: $300K Raised to Keep Co-Op Store Open
Reprinted with permission from The Pantagraph By Kevin Barlow; Photos by David Proeber BLOOMINGTON — Green Top Grocery will remain open and should be financially stable for the next decade, thanks to recent reforms and a last-minute effort to raise at least $300,000 in a capital campaign that ended Monday, officials for the co-op said…
Read MoreHarmony Park, O’Neil Park Playground Upgrades Approved
Reprinted with permission from The Pantagraph By Maria Nagle BLOOMINGTON — The city will move forward with constructing Harmony Park — the city’s first playground where children with different abilities can play together — and a new playground at O’Neil Park. By a unanimous vote Tuesday, the council approved the purchase of $330,621 in playground equipment from Charlotte, N.C.-based Game…
Read MoreHeart Strings: ISU Music Program Reaches Out to Bloomington-Normal Youth
Reprinted with permission from Illinois State University News By Kate Arthur When the fourth grader was told she would have to turn in her cello at the end of the semester, she hugged her instrument. “She was holding on to it so tight,” said Nathaniel Quiroz, an Illinois State University music education major. “Seeing how…
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